Defiant North launches missile from site near the capital Pyongyang after expressing anger at latest UN sanctions.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile early on Friday from the capital Pyongyang that flew over northern Japan, the latest provocation amid high tensions over its banned weapons programmes.

The projectile was launched at 6:57am (21:57GMT Thursday) and flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido before falling into the Pacific Ocean - 2,000km east of Cape Erimo, said Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. It splashed down at 7:16am (22:16GMT).

"Japan protests the latest launch in the strongest terms and will take appropriate and timely action at the United Nations and elsewhere, staying in close contact with the United States and South Korea," Suga told reporters.

The country can "never tolerate this repeated extreme provocative action", he added.

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